Original caption: Among the shoreline debris at the John F. Kennedy Airport is this abandoned auto 05/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

And Jamaica Bay claims yet another victim as a Pan-Am 747 looks on.

Original caption: Among the shoreline debris at the John F. Kennedy Airport is this abandoned auto 05/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

And Jamaica Bay claims yet another victim as a Pan-Am 747 looks on.

Original caption: This land along Jamaica Bay Is owned by the JFK Airport 06/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

A school of tire fish have sadly beached themselves near JFK airport.

Original caption: This land along Jamaica Bay Is owned by the JFK Airport 06/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

A school of tire fish have sadly beached themselves near JFK airport.

Original caption: Refuse-laden Stream Seeps Into Jamaica Bay on Land Owned by the JFK Airport 06/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

Yuck!

Original caption: Refuse-laden Stream Seeps Into Jamaica Bay on Land Owned by the JFK Airport 06/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

Yuck!

Original caption: Deteriorated Housing at Hunter’s Point, Bordering the John F. Kennedy Airport. 05/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

Stranded. Sad.

Original caption: Deteriorated Housing at Hunter’s Point, Bordering the John F. Kennedy Airport. 05/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

Stranded. Sad.

Pan Am jet at JFK, May 1973. Photograph by DOCUMERICA photographer Arthur Tress.

Pan Am jet at JFK, May 1973. Photograph by DOCUMERICA photographer Arthur Tress.

747 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, May 1973. Photograph by DOCUMERICA photographer Arthur Tress.

747 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, May 1973. Photograph by DOCUMERICA photographer Arthur Tress.